This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ダン、た.つ、ことわ.る、さだ.める
Romaji: dan, ta.tsu, kotowa.ru, sada.meru
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

severance, decline, refuse, apologize, warn, dismiss, prohibit, decision, judgement, cutting

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  11
Radical Number:  69
Frequency:  338
Grade:  5
Skip Pattern:  1-7-4
Korean Reading:  dan
Chinese Reading:  duan4
Unicode:  65ad
JIS:  4347

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1492
Nelson Index: 2078
New Nelson Index: 2385
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6b5.6
Four Corner Index: 2272.1
Guide to Remembering Index: 750
Gakken Index: 493
Japanese Names Index: 1669
Daikanwanjiten Index: 13557
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 5.0625
Remembering the kanji Index: 1136
Kanji Way Index: 426
Kanji Flashcards Index: 594
Kodansha Compact Index: 955
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 773
Kanji in Context Index: 900
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1001
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1355
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1145
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1218
Essential Kanji Index: 606
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1885
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1254
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 841
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 743

Words

(だん)
decision; judgment; resolution
診断 (しんだん)
diagnosis; medical examination
中断 (ちゅうだん)
interruption; suspension; break
断念 (だんねん)
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
決断 (けつだん)
decision; determination
判断 (はんだん)
judgment; judgement; decision; conclusion; adjudication; divination; judgement
横断 (おうだん)
crossing; transverse
断る (ことわる)
to refuse; to reject; to dismiss; to turn down; to decline; to inform; to give notice; to tell in advance; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
切断 (せつだん、さいだん)
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
断層 (だんそう)
fault; dislocation; gap; discrepancy
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